CVE-2024-10578

CVSS V2 None CVSS V3 None

Description

The Pubnews theme for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized arbitrary plugin installation due to a missing capability check on the pubnews_importer_plugin_action_for_notice() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.7. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to install arbitrary plugins that can be leveraged to exploit other vulnerabilities.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2024-10578

Assigner
Wordfence

Vulnerability Status
PUBLISHED

Published Version
2024-12-06T05:26:15.514Z

Last Modified Date
2024-12-06T05:26:15.514Z

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-434	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/434.html

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7eaa0117-5320-431f-b3d2-05a867901528?source=cve
https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/browser/pubnews/1.0.7/inc/admin/admin.php#L1017
https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/250743/pubnews/1.0.8?contextall=1&old=245552&old_path=%2Fpubnews%2F1.0.7

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-10578
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-10578

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2024-12-06 13:14:49				Added to TrackCVE